b-live.com

Working alongside the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, b-live has a 100% commitment to provide a safe and secure online environment for young people…

Proven security measures include:

1. Registration Security

• Schools are validated by b-live admin
• Use of presentation password — auto-generated per school
• Students with partial access to be validated by school — full access only granted after validation
• All users must agree to abide by the b-live terms and conditions of use. 

2. Community Area security

• Must be fully registered – only registered users can view the community areas
• Published profiles will remain anonymous – username driven rather than real name driven. No emails, phone numbers or other personal details will be displayed
• Closed website, only students can access – teachers and parents cannot view community areas
• Swear filter — users sent message along the lines of ‘your post contains potentially offensive language — is this appropriate content?’. This method will have less of a big brother feel to it than forbidding any offensive posts — kids use swear words and we want this to feel ‘real’
• Full moderation of site carried out daily; including weekends and bank holidays
• A downloadable code of conduct guides students on what is and isn’t allowed in the social networking areas; as well as how to stay safe online
• Termly editorial campaigns remind users of membership rules
• Members are kept informed of every update to the Terms & Conditions
• User-defined age restrictions on forums and clubs. This will be managed by the member posting the content but can be overwritten by b-live admin in the CMS
• ‘Report this post’ functionality
• User reporting a post will be asked to quantify why they are reporting it – will promote accountability and prevent indiscriminate (or discriminate) reporting of posts
• Block user’ functionality on email
• Members can only instant message those users that have accepted them as friends, there is a ‘Remove from friends’ functionality to block unwanted contact
• The ultimate sanction for users abusing the community areas is removal from the site
• Security reviews are carried out each term to ensure all measures are kept up to date and relevant. 

3. b-live staff and general website security

• CRB checked staff
• All staff held by an internal web access agreement that restricts contact with users
• The handling of Student data and registration conforms to the 1998 Data Protection Act
• SSL certificate and Server FirewallsAdmin only accessible from b-live office – fixed IP. Even teachers cannot access student login information
• Schools are only given one admin user. This will enable easy ‘locking down’ if any security breach is suspected. This user is administered through b-live admin
• Accounts revert to limited access to community areas at 21yrs
• Dedicated hosting solution in secure data centre.

If you would like to register your school or find out more about how b-live can support your school in the delivery of key skills, the ECM agenda and other curriculum related topics, please contact  us on 01234 217772 or send an email to enquiries@b-live.com

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